grota

/ˈgɾɔ.tɐ/

//ˈgɾɔ.tɐ// noun

The verdict

“grota” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,596 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,596
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abertura feita pelas águas na ribanceira ou margem de um rio, e pela qual saem, alagando os campos marginais

Corpus desk

Index PT-grota · grota · Portuguese

grota · rank #55,596 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,596
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH gongo

Nearest frequency peer: gongo (-4 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “grota”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “grota” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grota
PropertyValue
Headwordgrota
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈgɾɔ.tɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#55,596
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “grota” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).grotacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “gongo” (#55,592), “hastear” (#55,603), “hedonista” (#55,606). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “grota” fica em #55,596. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grota is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,596 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈgɾɔ.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

grota has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is grota, spelled G-R-O-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    abertura feita pelas águas na ribanceira ou margem de um rio, e pela qual saem, alagando os campos marginais
  2. 2
    terreno em plano inclinado, na interseção de dois morros ou montanhas
  3. 3
    localidade ou comunidade rural isolada ou distante da sede do município

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grota"?
"grota" is spelled G-R-O-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈgɾɔ.tɐ/.
What does "grota" mean?
As a noun, "grota" means: abertura feita pelas águas na ribanceira ou margem de um rio, e pela qual saem, alagando os campos marginais
How do you pronounce "grota"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grota" is /ˈgɾɔ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grota" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grota", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list